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Did you know Napoleon was trying to establish a sound money alternative to Great Britain's sometimes-convertible pound? Part of why Great Britain wanted to defeat Napoleon was to keep its world reserve currency status.

Maybe the wrong guys won at Waterloo.
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davies 2y ago

Is there anything written about this? Would love to read it

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jimmysong 2y ago

Gold Wars: https://amzn.to/3KFCrsL

"Napoleon was convinced his system of sound money could defeat the vaporous credit creation of the British."